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Cleveland Browns: Why are Baker Mayfield’s numbers down?

Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield has gotten off to a slow start to the 2019 season, and a few critics are grumbling about the Oklahoma gunslinger.

If the stats are down from last year, it does not necessarily mean there is something wrong with the quarterback. But it does mean there is something wrong with the team’s passing attack.

Last year, Mayfield set the world on fire in his debut during the second quarter of Week 3 against the New York Jets. He then tailed off as head coach Hue Jackson and offensive coordinator Todd Haley tried to kill him off (20 sacks in five and a half games).